Chair construction



June 1935- G. D. SCHERMERHORN 2,005,565

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Patented June 18, 1935 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE CHAIR CONSTRUCTION George D. Schermerhorn, Reading, Mich.

Application October 30, 1933. Serial No. 695,727

1 Claim. (01. 155-142) My invention relates to improvements in chair U-frame. To this extent the construction is construction and particularly to chairs of the standard. type which are used as bridge chairs or folding I have provided, however, means in the form chairs adapted. for intermittent use. of a tie rod 28, the ends of which are received 5 It pertains primarily to that type of chair within deepened recesses 30 of the grooves 26 5 structure wherein there is employed a U-shaped and secured to the legs of the frame It) by rivets frame section which, as here illustrated, may be 32. This tie rod 28 is a metal strap bowed to formed of a bent wood frame and wherein there conform to the provided curvature of the bowed is provided a bowed back rest. The back rest is back rest 24 and the intermediate portion of it here also illustrated as being of bent wood conis secured by rivet 34 to the intermediate por- 10 struction. This general type of construction is tion of the back rest 24. The strap itself extends veg old. t t along the rear face of thlel back rest adjacent the y improvemen has 0 do with the provision lower edge as shown in t e drawing. of means which prevents the back rest portion This strap holds the legs of the U-frame Ill from becoming disengaged at either end from together against spreading and also by virtue 15 the frame due either to spreading apart of the of its connection with the back rest holds the frame members or to flexing of the back rest back rest against flexing, thereby preventing the portion itself, and farther to the provision of back rest from becoming disengaged at either means which will maintain the provided curvaend from the U-frame. This strap is sufiiciently ture of the back rest portion and protect the flexible, however, to permit required flexing of 20 lower edge against breakage. the back rest without permitting the same to My improvement renders the chair structure become disconnected from the U-frame. This more stable and sturdy and is simple and inexstrap also holds the back rest from falling downpensive. wardly from its point of connection with the Other objects and advantages of my improved U-frame and holds the back panel to the curvaconstruction will more fully appear from the ture to which it has been bent and protects the following description, appended claim, and aclower edge of the panel from breakage. companying drawing, wherein: What I claim is:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of A chair structure comprising, in combination, a chair embodying my invention, a U-shaped chair frame provided with grooves 30 Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the upper end of formed on the inner faces of the two legs of the the frame and back rest structure, partly in U-shaped frame adjacent to the closed end section, showing my improvement, thereof, a bowed back rest panel extending Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken on across the closed end of the U-shaped frame line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and between the legs thereof and having its ends Fi 4 is a horizontal sectional fragmentary freely seated within the grooves of the frame g View taken on t line 4 4 of Fig 2 but not secured directly thereto, sa1d frame pro- My improved Chair comprises a t wood vided with a recess in the lower end of each frame II] which constitutes the two front legs of groove at the b k thereof extending into the the chair and the support for the seat and back frame to a grfeater Flepth than the groove, a rest Rear legs m are provided Which are ible metal relnforcing strip extending along the pivoted at their upper ends to the frame III by a of t Panel and COHfQYm there the pivots a A seat is is pivoted at M with having its ends extendmg into said recesses beyond the ends of the panel and secured beyond g fi i of g fig i i zg the ends of the panel to the frame forming a 45 0 (3.5% Is l 8 g 0 S tie rod between the two legs of the U-shaped which ride in a slot a. formed in t e rear legs. frame preventing the Spreading of Said legs My Invent)? related pnmanly to the k said strip being secured to the panel intermerest construct1on and the back rest proper 1s hate its ends preventing flexi th f m shown as consisting of a bent wood back rest ciently t withdraw the ends of the panel f 50 portion 24. The ends of this bowed back rest t groove in th frame, are received within grooves 26 formed in the E R E D, HERMEBH RN. 

